Popular baby names in Idaho, 1912

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1912 were Mary for girls (77 babies) and John for boys (71). Social Security records list 2,481 babies born in Idaho in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lois: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vera: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elsie: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Doris: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Hazel: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ruby: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Grace: 21 babies, 2× the national rate
Lucille: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Earl: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kenneth: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harold: 28 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	77	–	1
2	Dorothy	55	↑1	3
3	Helen	49	↓1	2
4	Margaret	47	–	4
5	Ruth	46	–	5
6	Mildred	31	–	6
7	Hazel	23	–	25
8	Ruby	22	↑17	23
9	Edna	21	↑5	16
10	Grace	21	↑20	24
11	Evelyn	20	↑36	13
12	Florence	19	↓4	12
13	Frances	19	↑6	9
14	Louise	19	↑10	17
15	Thelma	19	↓3	26
16	Alice	18	↑1	11
17	Irene	18	↑5	22
18	Lucille	18	↑2	32
19	Elsie	17	new	42
20	Gladys	17	↓4	19
21	Elizabeth	16	↓3	8
22	Lois	16	↓12	63
23	Doris	15	new	48
24	Vera	15	↑9	68
25	Edith	14	↑19	31
26	Esther	14	↓11	33
27	Eva	14	↑19	49
28	Marie	14	↓17	10
29	Anna	13	↓16	7
30	Catherine	13	new	21
31	Ethel	13	↓3	18
32	Leona	13	↑5	76
33	Nellie	13	new	59
34	Virginia	13	new	20
35	Sarah	12	new	41
36	Agnes	11	new	40
37	Eleanor	11	new	39
38	Ella	11	new	69
39	Fern	11	↓13	>100
40	Katherine	11	new	53
41	Mabel	11	↓2	46
42	Viola	11	↓8	52
43	Wanda	11	new	>100
44	Betty	10	new	66
45	Beulah	10	new	80
46	Dora	10	new	>100
47	Emma	10	new	35
48	Jane	10	new	89
49	Jean	10	↓13	64
50	Juanita	10	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	71	↑1	1
2	William	65	↓1	2
3	Robert	54	↑3	4
4	James	46	↓1	3
5	George	37	–	6
6	Charles	34	↓2	7
7	Donald	32	↑6	27
8	Harold	28	↑6	13
9	Arthur	25	↑24	15
10	Earl	22	↑25	34
11	Joseph	22	↓2	5
12	Kenneth	22	↑17	33
13	Thomas	22	↑8	10
14	Frank	21	↑9	9
15	Raymond	20	new	18
16	Howard	17	↑23	25
17	Richard	17	↓2	19
18	Ralph	16	↑13	23
19	Walter	15	↓8	11
20	Elmer	14	↑7	47
21	Henry	14	↑4	12
22	Melvin	14	new	71
23	Clarence	13	↓6	21
24	David	13	↓6	29
25	Fred	13	↓1	26
26	Glenn	13	new	84
27	Gordon	13	new	93
28	Ray	13	↓16	77
29	Wayne	13	↓3	>100
30	Clifford	12	↓22	62
31	Eugene	12	↓3	41
32	Leonard	12	new	45
33	Lester	12	new	58
34	Carl	11	↓12	24
35	Don	11	new	>100
36	Edward	11	↓29	8
37	Lawrence	11	new	38
38	Lewis	10	new	68
39	Roy	10	↓19	31
40	Russell	10	new	56
41	Stanley	10	new	43
42	Albert	9	↓26	17
43	Herbert	9	new	39
44	Lynn	9	new	>100
45	Alfred	8	new	40
46	Archie	8	new	>100
47	Cecil	8	new	76
48	Claude	8	new	89
49	Ernest	8	↓13	32
50	Francis	8	new	35

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